Neuroscience

How weather can affect pain tolerance

Can the weather affect pain from conditions like arthritis or migraine? It may sound like an old superstition—but on some standard quantitative sensory tests, weather-related factors do indeed affect pain tolerance, suggests ...

Medical research

Are pain tolerance levels similar among groups of friends?

Are your friends very pain tolerant? Then it is likely that you are as well, provided you are a male. A recent study, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Pain, along with an Editorial Comment by Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Swearing aloud can make you stronger

In the research, Dr Stephens and his team conducted two experiments. In the first, 29 participants completed a test of anaerobic power—a short, intense period on an exercise bike—after both swearing and not swearing. ...

Health

Ultra runners not your average human being

Researchers at Monash University seeking to discover why ultra-runners can endure prolonged and extreme physical exertion have found a vital clue – these athletes may experience less pain than the general population.

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